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普通生物学专业英语论文河南师范大学新联学院2011级生物技术李钦11040174013Harbin institute of technology biotechnology professional thesisGenetically modified food safetyAbstract: In the 20th century is called the age of life science and biotechnology ,People have to share to the biological high-tech brings a lot of convenience ,And look forward to them to prevent the disease, improve the nutrition level, improve the quality of life, meet the needs of the family, bring more benefits to extend the healthy life, etc. In the meantime, however, It has been strongly felt Biological high-tech challenge to traditional moral and ethical system, Seeing or feeling to the resultant of the society and legal . As we all know , modern biotechnology has brought human numerous benefits ：through the application of biotechnology , a broad and significant increase of food production can be happily seen at global agricultural production . But when we enjoy the enormous benefits of the GM food , a new but a alarming problem also came that if these food is safe enough for people? If something seriously happened , what can we do? Maybe you can find some answer in these thesis.Key Word : modern biotechnology GM food safety One: introduction What is biotechnology ? maybe not too mang people know is definition accurately . biotechnology is a technology which can reform and make the use of natural lives on the ingredient of them by taking advantage of the research finds in life sciences which can greatly follow the will of people . in its purest form, the term “biotechnology” refers to the use of living organisms or their products to modify human health and the human environment . Biotechnology in one form or another has flourished since prehistoric times . When the first human being realized that they chould plant their own crops and breed their own animals , they learned to use biotechnology . the discovery that fruit juices fermented into wine , or that milk could be converted into cheese or yogurt ,or that beer could be made by fermenting solutions of malt and hops began the study of biotechnology . when the first bakers found that could make a soft , spongy bread rather than a firm , thin cracker , they were acting as fledgling biotechnologists . the first animal breeders , realizing that different physical traits could be either magnified or lost by mating appropriate pairs of animals , engaged in the manipulations of biotechnology . Two: Status of genetically modified foods : As we know，modern biotechnology has brought human numerous benefits ：through the application of biotechnology a broad and significant increase of food production can be happily seen at global agricultural production . Since 1983 when the time human got transgenic tobacco , potato by using recombinant DNA technology ， the plant genetic engineering technology in the world has achieved rapid development of transgenic plants for research and development , which has made a series of remarkable progress and has successfully nurture a number of crops with disease-resistance , insecticide resistance and even an incredible high-yield. With the hope of them , we can feed another more than million of people , According to statistics , up to now , no less than 1.6 billion people have benefits from biotechnology . in the word biotechnology . what must be mentioned is BT cotton and hybrid rice of Yuan Longping . Commercialize genetically modified crops dates from the year of 1996 , including soybeans, cotton , cereals and oilseed rape. GM crops now occupy 10 of global arable land . in 2010 81 of worldwide soybean , 64 cotton ，29 and 23 of the grain is genetically modified oilseed rape . 29 countries grom GM products all over the world .the top three country with the largest area of cultivation is US ,Brazil and Argentina . The problem about the safety of GM products has been controversial. Genetically modified food will bring human and animal allergens and toxins of unknown.Three：GM food safety issues International consensus has been reached on the principles regarding evaluation of the food safety of genetically modified plants The concept of substantial equivalence has been developed as part of a safety evaluation framework , based on the idea that existing foods can serve as a basis for comparing the properties of genetically modified foods with the appropriate counterpart . Application of the concept is not a safety assessment perse ，but help to identity similarities and difference between the exiting food and the new product ，which are then subject to further toxicology investigation . Substantial equivalence is starting point in the safety evaluation ,rather then an endpoint of the assessment .Consensus on practical application of the principle should be further elaborated . Experience with the safety testing of newly inserted proteins and of current test methodology are discussed .The development and validation of new profiling method such as DNA microarray technology ，proteomics ，and metabolomics for the identification and characterized of unintended effect ，which may occur as a result of the genetic modification , is recommended .the assessment of the allergenicity of newly inserted proteins and of marker genes is discuss . An issue that will gain important in the near future is that of post-marking surveillance of the foods derived from genetically modified crops . It is concluded ,among others that ，that application of the principle of substantial equivalence has proven adequate ，and that no alternative adequate safety assessment strategies are available .At an early stage in the introduction of recombinant-DNA technology in modern plant breeding and biotechnological food production systems, efforts began to define internationally harmonized evaluation strategies for the safety of foods derived from genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Two years after the first successful transformation experiment in plants (tobacco) in 1988, the International Food Biotechnology Council (IFBC) published the first report on the issue of safety assessment of these new varieties (IFBC, 1990). The comparative approach described in this report has laid the basis for later safety evaluation strategies. Other organizations, such as the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) have developed further guidelines for safety assessment which have obtained broad international consensus among experts on food safety evaluation.At 1993. the OECD formulated the concept of substantial equivalence as a guiding tool for the assessment of genetically modified foods, which has been further elaborated in the following years (OECD, 1993; OECD, 1996; OECD, 1998; Figure 1). The concept of substantial equivalence is part of a safety evaluation framework based on the idea that existing foods can serve as a basis for comparing the properties of a genetically modified food with the appropriate counterpart. The existing food supply is considered to be safe, as experienced by a long history of use, although it is recognized that foods may contain many anti-nutrients and toxicants which, at certain levels of consumption, may induce deleterious effects in humans and animals. Application of the concept is not a safety assessment per se, but helps to identify similarities and potential differences between the existing food and the new product, which is then subject to further toxicological investigation. Three scenarios are envisioned in which the genetically modified plant or food would be (i) substantially equivalent; (ii) substantially equivalent except for the inserted trait; or (iii) not equivalent at all. A compositional analysis of key components, including key nutrients and natural toxicants, is the basis of assessment of substantial equivalence, in addition to phenotypic and agronomic characteristics of the genetically modified plant. In the first scenario, no further specific testing is required as the product has been characterized as substantially equivalent to a traditional counterpart whose consumption is considered to be safe, for example, starch from potato. In the secsecond scenario, substantial equivalence would apply except for the inserted trait, and so the focus of the safety testing is on this trait, for example, an insecticidal protein of genetically modified tomato. Safety tests include specific toxicity testing according to the nature and function of the newly expressed protein; potential occurence of unintended effects; potential for gene transfer from genetically modified foods to human/animal gut flora; the potential allergenicity of the newly inserted traits; and therole of the new food in the diet . In the third scenario, the novel crop or food would be not substantially equivalent with a traditional counterpart, and a case-by-case assessment of the new food must be carried out according to the characteristics of the new product. FAO（short for Food and Agriculture Organization） and WHO(World Health Organization) have been organizing workshops and consultations on the safety of GMOs since 1990. At the Joint FAO/WHO Consultation in 1996 (FAO/WHO, 1996) it was recommended that the safety evaluation should be based on the concept of substantial equivalence, which is a dynamic, analytical exercise in the assessment of the safety of a new food relative to an existing food. The following parameters should be considered to determine the substantial equivalence of a genetically modified plant: molecular characterization; phenotypic characteristics; key nutrients; toxicants; and allergens. The distinction between three levels of substantial equivalence (complete, partial, non-) of the novel food to its counterpart, and the subsequent decisions for further testing based upon substantial equivalence, are similar to those defined by OECD (1996). The Codex Alimentarius Commission of FAO/WHO is committed to the international harmonization of food standards. Food standards developed by Codex Alimentarius should be adopted by the participating national governments. The Codex ad hoc Intergovern mental Task Force on Foods Derived from Biotechnology has the task to develop standards, guidelines and other recommendations for genetically modified foods. During its first session in Chiba (Japan) in March 2000 definitions were agreed concerning the risk assessment and risk analysis of genetically modified foods. Risk assessment covers issues such as food safety, substantial equivalence and long-term health effects, while risk analysis may include decision-making and post-market monitoring. An Expert Consultation held in Geneva, Switzerland in May/June 2000 evaluated experiences gathered since the 1996 Consultation. Topics considered included substantial equivalence, unintended effects of genetic modification, food safety, nutritional effects, antibiotic resistance marker genes, and allergenicity. The Consultation endorsed the concept of substantial equivalence as a pragmatic approach for the safety assessment of genetically modified foods, and concluded that at present no suitable alternative strategies are available. Application of the concept is a starting point for safety assessment, rather than an end-point. It identifies similarities and possible differences between the genetically modified food and its appropriate counterpart, which should then be assessed further. The issue of the potential occurrence of unintended effects due to the genetic modification process, such as the loss of existing traits or the acquisition of new ones, was examined. The occurrence of unintended effects is not unique for the application of recDNA techniques, but also occurs frequently in conventional breeding. Present approaches to detecting such effects focus on chemical analysis of known nutrients and toxicants (targeted approach). In order to increase the possibility of detecting unintended effects, profiling/fingerprinting methods are considered useful alternatives (non-targeted approach). This is of particular interest for plants with extensive modifications of the genome (second generation of genetically modified foods) where chances of the occurrence of unintended effects may increase. Animal studies are deemed necessary to obtain information on the characteristics of newly expressed proteins, analogous to the conventional toxicity testing of food additives. Testing of whole foods may be considered if relevant changes in composition may have taken place in addition to the expected ones; however, such studies should be considered on a case-by-case basis, taking the limitations of this type of study into account. The minimum requirement to demonstrate the safety of long-term consumption of a food is a subchronic 90-day study. Longer-term studies may be needed if the results of a 90-day study indicate adverse effects such as proliferative changes in tissues. The Expert Consultation noted that, in gen